easy more tickets, equals more money for the contractor. This happened in Texas with Red Light Cameras, the contractor rigged them to catch people going through yellow and green lights. Big lawsuit, result (according to my sister) red light cameras are now unconstitutional in Texas.
They shouldn’t be paid on the number of tickets. They should be paid by the day/hour of camera activity, or by the number of cars they measure, not the number they clock 11 miles over the limit.
But, yeah, if they get a cut of the ticket take, they’re motivated in exactly the same way as small-town police with an end of month ticket quota. It’s corrupt, and bad.
Mo’ Money, Mo’ Money, Mo’ Money!